Kendra was tired. No Kendra was exhausted. The crying was constant. Crying was actually the wrong word, it was more like screaming. Heartbreaking screams of pain that came from the mouth of her 7 month old daughter. And truthfully, if it didn't stop soon, Kendra was gonna cry too. She hated this. Hated that her baby was in pain and she couldn't help her. She had been fairly warned about this. About the stage of, life that parents dread. The stage where her sweet, happy, easy baby girl turned into a screaming, unhappy child. Teething. Kendra had tried everything. Children numbing gel, cold toys, ice, she had even gone as far as to ask Tanu if he had anything that would help, but the crying continued. And Kendra would pace back and forth, she bounced up and down, she rocked, she read, she sang, but nothing seemed to cease the constant cry. Kendra was at a loss.
So there she was in Adalynns nursery once again, trying, and failing to calm her distressed daughter.
"Shh. Sweetheart, its ok. I'm here. Please stop crying love bug. " She said, mostly to herself, for what seemed like the millionth time. As the crying continued, Kendra felt tears prick at her own eyes. She felt horrible that she couldn't stop this. What kind of mother was she? A stray tear trickled down her cheek, despite her attempts to push them back. Suddenly a deep, gentle startled her out of her thoughts as it said.
"Well, I will say this is not exactly what I was hoping for." Jerking her head towards the noise Kendra found her husband, in all his glory, leaning against the doorway of the nursery a bit of a smile on his face, His silvery blue eyes sparkling in the light. He moved a bit of his silvery hair, that was in desperate need of a trim, out of his face as he pushed the doorway and closed the distance between them.
" So what has got both of my beautiful girls so upset?" Bracken asked softly as he looked between them. Having dealt with it herself up to this point it took Kendra all of two seconds to him up to him
" I don't know what to do anymore! I've tried everything and nothing seems to work." She said, eyes glistening with tears again. Bracken looked at her sadly for a minute before replying.
" Alright, my turn. " He gently took Adalynn from her as he kissed her temple. Guilt washed over her at the thought that Bracken had spent all day working in the fairy realm and still came home and helped her meanwhile she couldn't handle the one job she was given.
" You've been doing it all day today and all night last night, you need a break love. He said as if was reading her mind. " Go take a warm bath and relax for a bit. "
"But-"
"No buts. Go relax. You're not a bad mother, all babies are fussy around this time of their lives, you're not doing something wrong. You shouldn't feel bad for leaving me because it is my job to take care of both my princesses." He said, addressing and soothing each worry. Slowly Kendra nodded, kissing Bracken's cheek before turning to leave the room.
"Bracken?" Kendra asked quietly causing the unicorn to look up from where he was holding their child, " I love you."
"I love you too gorgeous." He said, smiling brilliantly at her. Yes, Kendra was tired, and yes Kendra really wasn't sure what to do, but she had Bracken and they were going to figure it out
